Crossmaglen - Irish Republican Heartland

South Armagh is often described as "bandit country", due to its unofficial control by the Republican movement. This excerpt from Troubled: A Personal Look at Northern Ireland sees an ignorant Australian getting a firm lesson from the late Paddy Short in his bar, where apparently the Provisional IRA planned many a mission.

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